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Disney star's desperate dieting ordeal
Disney star Demi Lovato was once so desperate to lose weight she starved herself and vomited until she was spitting up nothing but blood.
Man left homeless by agency
A judge has told the state housing agency it was "not helpful" to evict a vulnerable tenant who had nowhere to go.
Catherine Zeta Jones treated for Bipolar disorder
Catherine Zeta Jones checked into the Silver Hill Hospital in Connecticut last week for around five days.
Bullying to become a crime in Aust
An amendment to stalking laws is expected to be introduced in the Victorian state Parliament tomorrow.
<i>Gill South</i>: Adventures in mindfulness
Gill South tries a meditation retreat but finds it hard to keep to the code of silence.
Bipolar blogger takes aim at politically incorrect Latta
TV psychologist Nigel Latta is under fire for his use of the word mental.
Remembering to remember
With so many ways of storing data, are we forgetting how to remember? Not according to US writer Joshua Foer, who reveals new and remarkable strategies for memorising. By Robin McKie.
The blurred reality of humanity
If you can be sure of one thing, then surely it is that you exist. Even if the world were a dream or a hallucination, it would still need you to be dreaming or hallucinating it.
Key to mental fitness - work the brain
Scientist says that exercise is the key to mental fitness.
Charlie Sheen has unveiled a new 'winning' tattoo
The 45-year-old actor unveiled the etching on his wrist during his début hour-long radio show Sheen's Korner, in which he also denied claims he suffers from bi-polar disorder, proclaiming himself instead to be "bi-winning".
Christchurch earthquake: Doctors counselled after 13 staff unaccounted for
The co-owners of the health clinic flattened in the collapse of the CTV building were receiving counselling yesterday and expressed their sympathy for the families of missing staff.
Man in 'catatonic state' since child abuse images found
A 23-year-old student has been in an almost mute, catatonic state since he was found with child abuse images on his computer.
Cost of sleepover decision $500m plus - Ryall
Paying overnight staff to sleep will cost more than $500 million over three years and changing the law may be considered, Health Minister Tony Ryall says.
Mother's tearful plea to have her daughter sterilised
The mother of a pregnant woman with learning difficulties pleaded with a UK court yesterday for her daughter to be sterilised to stop her having any more children.
Search for families of 'forgotten souls'
Oregon's state mental hospital is trying to match surviving relatives with 3,500 people whose cremated remains were once stacked away in a storage area dubbed the "room of forgotten souls."
<i>Gill South</i>: Motivational motives
Gill South sits down with leadership coach Sally Anderson to have herself pushed in the right direction.